Etymology

granule

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Today it means: A tiny grain, a small particle. Full definition →

French granule ← Latin grānulum ← Proto-Italic *grānom
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂-nós
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂nóm
  4. Proto-Italic*grānom
  5. Latingrānum
  6. Latinulum
  7. Latingrānulum
  8. Frenchgranule
  9. English todaygranule

Borrowed from French granule or directly from Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain”); for more, see grain. By surface analysis, grain + -ule.

Words from the same roots

Late Latingrānulum all →

granular

Latingrānum all →

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